17 June 2026 , 11:06
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Poland’s Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) has recommended criminal charges be filed against Aurum NeoBank.
Aurum NeoBank is part of Aurum Foundation, a Dubai MLM crypto trading ruse Ponzi scheme.
KNF has tied Aurum NeoBank to Aurum Neo-Bank Sp. zo.o., a shell company with a registered office in Warsaw.
Following an internal investigation, on June 11th KNF disclosed it suspects Aurum NeoBank engaged in criminal activity. The suspected offenses were committed in violation of Article 171(2) of Poland’s Banking Law.
Article 171(2) of Poland’s Banking Law pertains to unauthorized entities using the word “bank” to “describe their activities”. Neither Aurum Foundation or Aurum NeoBank are registered to operate as a bank in any jurisdiction.
KNF has referred its finding to the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw for further investigation. It is now up to the Warsaw Prosecutor’s Office to file criminal charges against Aurum Neobank and, by extension, Aurum Foundation.
As of June 2026, Aurum Foundation is illegally marketing Aurum NeoBank to Poland residents through “top leader” Alina Kus:
Aurum Foundation launched in mid 2024. Around February 2025 Bryan Benson was hired to front the scam as CEO:
Benson, a Peruvian national also based out of Dubai, is believed to work with Russian scammers who actually run Aurum Foundation.
As of May 2026, SimilarWeb was tracking ~472,000 monthly Aurum Foundation website visits.
Over the same period top sources of Aurum Foundation website traffic were the US (20%), Greece (14%), the Netherland (11%), Switzerland (10%) and Belgium (9%).
Promotion of Aurum Foundation in the US is headed up by Chief Network Development Officer Shane Morand:
Morand is the disgraced co-founder of Organo Gold. Morand left Organo Gold after a botched attempt to pitch crypto scams to distributors in 2018.
Morand resurfaced in late 2021 as a crypto bro pitching Trujivan, a Tycoon69 Ponzi trojan horse. After that went nowhere, Morand resurfaced in 2022 to promote the Decentra MLM crypto Ponzi scheme.
Outside of Poland, Aurum Foundation fraud warnings have been issued by Russia, Nigeria, New Zealand and Greece.
Deputy Editor